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target
English
Etymology
From Middle French targette, targuete, diminutive of targe (“light shield”), from Old French, from Frankish *targa (“buckler”), akin to Old Norse targa (“small round shield”) (whence also Old English targe, targa (“shield”)) from Proto-Germanic *targ? (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *der??- (“fenced lot”). Akin to Old High German zarga (“side wall, rim”) (German Zarge (“frame”)), Spanish tarjeta (“card”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?t????t/, [?t?????t?]
- (UK) IPA(key): /t????t/
Noun
target (plural targets)
- A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
- A goal or objective.
- A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 200,
- These four came all afront, and mainly thrust at me. I made me no more ado but took all their seven points in my target, thus.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene IV, line 200,
- (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum, larger than the modern buckler.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22,
- The target or buckler was carried by the heavy armed foot, it answered to the scutum of the Romans; its form was sometimes that of a rectangular parallelogram, but more commonly had its bottom rounded off; it was generally convex, being curved in its breadth.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 22,
- (heraldry) A bearing representing a buckler.
- (sports) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark.
- (surveying) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
- (rail transport) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
- (cricket) the number of runs that the side batting last needs to score in the final innings in order to win
- (linguistics) The tenor of a metaphor.
- (translation studies) The translated version of a document, or the language into which translation occurs.
- A person (or group of people) that a person or organization is trying to employ or to have as a customer, audience etc.
- (Britain, dated) A thin cut; a slice; specifically, of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.
- (Scotland, obsolete) A tassel or pendant.
- (Scotland, obsolete) A shred; a tatter.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:goal
- (translated version): target language
Coordinate terms
- (translated version): source
Meronyms
- (sport): bull/bullseye, inner, magpie, outer
Derived terms
- targeteer
- targeter
- targeting
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (t?getto)
Translations
Verb
target (third-person singular simple present targets, present participle targeting or targetting, simple past and past participle targeted or targetted)
- (transitive) To aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target).
- (transitive, figuratively) To aim for as an audience or demographic.
- The advertising campaign targeted older women.
- (transitive, computing) To produce code suitable for.
- This cross-platform compiler can target any of several processors.
Translations
See also
- Target on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Gretta, gatter
Cebuano
Etymology
From English target.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tar?get
Noun
target
- a butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile
- a goal or objective
- (sports) the pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark
- a shot of tuba
Verb
target
- to aim something, especially a weapon, at (a target)
- to hurl something at a target
- to impale with a projectile weapon
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:target.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
target n (plural targets, diminutive targetje n)
- target
Spanish
Etymology
From English target.
Noun
target m (plural targets)
- target (goal, objective)
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terminus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin terminus (“boundary, limit”). Doublet of term.
Noun
terminus (plural termini or terminuses)
- The end or final point of something.
- The end point of a transportation system, or the town or city in which it is located.
- A boundary or border, or a post or stone marking such a boundary.
Antonyms
- origin
Related terms
- terminal
- terminate
- termination
- terminus a quo
- terminus ante quem
Translations
Anagrams
- minuters, muntries, muster in, numerist, run times, run-times, runtimes, unmiters, unmitres
French
Etymology
From English terminus, an unadapted borrowing from Latin terminus. Doublet of terme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??.mi.nys/
Noun
terminus m (uncountable)
- terminus
Related terms
- terminer
References
- “terminus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Alternative forms
- termen (uncommon)
- term? (collateral form)
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *termenos, from Proto-Indo-European *térmn? (“boundary”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (térma, “a goal”), ?????? (térm?n, “a border”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ter.mi.nus/, [?t??rm?n?s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ter.mi.nus/, [?t??rminus]
Noun
terminus m (genitive termin?); second declension
- a boundary, limit, end
- Synonyms: f?nis, l?mes, m?ta, d?f?n?ti?, granicia
- (Medieval Latin) word, term, definition
- Synonyms: verbum, d?f?n?ti?
- (Medieval Latin) due date, a time to convene
- Synonyms: di?s, conventus
- (Medieval Latin) mode, wise, fashion, manner
- Synonyms: rati?, modus, f?rma
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- terminus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- terminus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- terminus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- terminus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- terminus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- terminus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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